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Illinois Comptroller and mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza arrives to the Chicago Board of Elections with her husband David Szostak delivering nominating petitions via tamale cart and a red cooler on Oct. 26, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

On last day to turn in signatures for 2027 Chicago mayoral race, candidates try to stand out
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By Alice Yin

October 26, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza brought with her a red cooler of chicken and pork tamales...

A truck passes on Throndale Avenue as work progresses on the I-490 construction project near the end of Route 390, west of O'Hare International Airport in Bensenville on Oct. 14, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)

New I-490 toll road takes shape with opening of 1st interchange with I-294: ‘This is transformational’

By Marni Pyke

October 26, 2026 at 11:56 a.m.

After years of construction, drivers are getting a taste of the connectivity promised by the...

Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood on Aug. 20, 2026. The hospital was closed in August 2025 by its for-profit owner, Resilience Healthcare. Insight Health Systems is now poised to take over Weiss and West Suburban Medical Center. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Potential buyer of Weiss and West Suburban hospitals has mixed track record

By Lisa Schencker

October 26, 2026 at 7:44 a.m.

Insight Chicago owes tens of millions of dollars to the state, and its Bronzeville hospital...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Judge asked to compel Trump administration to disclose emails and texts about Kennedy Center plans

By Michael Kunzelman

October 25, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding records documenting the scope of his influence over management...

Dan Crenshaw, R- Texas, speaks about the American military withdrawal in Afghanistan, during a meeting with House Republicans, including those who served in the military, on Aug. 30, 2021, in Washington, D.C.. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Elon Musk’s Starlink explanation challenged by Texas GOP lawmaker

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By Tribune News Service

October 25, 2026 at 4:06 p.m.

A Republican lawmaker questioned Elon Musk’s argument for throttling Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite...

Cindy Banda massages her arm near her mastectomy scar to stretch the skin ahead of reconstruction surgery, Sept. 15, 2026, at her house in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills.

By Jesse Bedayn

October 25, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

Cindy Banda backed Trump in each of his three campaigns, motivated by her opposition to...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) looks to pass during an NFL football game against New Orleans Saints in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

Aaron Rodgers throws TD pass in Paris as Steelers beat Saints 16-10 in NFL’s regular-season France debut

By Ken Maguire

October 25, 2026 at 2:34 p.m.

Aaron Rodgers threw one touchdown pass and Chris Boswell kicked three field goals in the...

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, shows a photo of Epstein on a inmate report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons . (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Jeffrey Epstein haunts GOP in midterms as Democrats vow fresh investigations

By Josh Wingrove

October 25, 2026 at 2:53 p.m.

Democrats are preparing to launch congressional investigations into the administration’s handling of files related to...

Issachah Savage and the company of "Omar" at Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Cory Weaver)

Review: ‘Omar’ at Lyric Opera tells the extraordinary story of an enslaved scholar

By Chris Jones

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October 25, 2026 at 2:23 p.m.

This Pulitzer-winning opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels is inspired by the memoir of...

Members of the aptly named Beautiful Day Run Club finish a route in the unseasonably warm weather during Meet Me on Milwaukee, an event where the street is closed to vehicle traffic and open to people, on Oct. 25, 2026, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago facing last week of warm weather before temperature drops

By Finnegan Belleau

October 25, 2026 at 6:05 p.m.

Even once it gets colder, the National Weather Service said there are no opportunities for...

Garfield Park shooting Saturday night leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded

By Finnegan Belleau

October 25, 2026 at 11:04 a.m.

The group was standing at a gas station when three other men exited a white...

Political signs for the November 2026 election, as seen on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Benton Street in downtown Aurora on Oct. 20, 2026. Two of the signs refer to a referendum question on the ballot that asks voters if the city should adopt mechanisms that would allow a sitting mayor to be recalled. Objections to this question are wending through Illinois courts. (Addison Wright/Beacon-News)

Courts uphold Aurora recall referendum question on fall ballot, appeal filed

By Addison Wright

October 25, 2026 at 7:11 a.m.

A Kane County circuit court judge upheld the Aurora electoral board’s decision to ask voters...

A drone show in celebration of America’s 250th birthday in downtown Joliet on June 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai/)

Requiem for the American Dream: A nation in search of its past, with fragile hopes for its future

By E. Jason Wambsgans

October 25, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

There are a lot of ghosts here, but they’re the kinds of hauntings that we...